Assem al-Joundi

Assem al-Joundi was a Syrian dissident writer in Lebanon who was blinded in one eye in an assassination attempt by Carlos the Jackal after selling his interview to dissidents in Iraq.

Biography
Assem al-Joundi was born in Syria, but he moved to Lebanon like many other Syrian dissidents. In 1976, he met Carlos the Jackal in Baghdad, Iraq and interviewed him, with Carlos respecting him as a fellow revolutionary and a great poet, and Assem told him that he would not sell him out to Western media. However, he proceeded to stell his story to al-Watan al-Arabi, Syrian dissidents in Paris funded by Baghdad, and Carlos decided to send Kamal al-Issawi to Beirut to assassinate al-Joundi. al-Joundi was shot in the back of the head at close range while walking with a newspaper on the sidewalk, but he survived, with his right eye being blinded. However, Carlos considered it a just punishment for him selling him out.